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A collection of exquisite 19th-century textiles featuring intricate floral patterns, elegant colors, and various lace techniques, highlighting vintage French craftsmanship.

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask, Medium-scale design of delicate symmetrical bouquets, each diamond shaped and closely placed so that a trellis shape is created by the negative space of the pattern. Two salmon and yellow striped selvages in warp twill., France, mid-18th century, woven textiles, Fragment
Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask, Medium-scale design of delicate symmetrical bouquets, each diamond shaped and closely placed so that a trellis shape is created by the negative space of the pattern. Two salmon and yellow striped selvages in warp twill., France, mid-18th century, woven textiles, Fragment
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Piece ca. 1750 French. Piece 223215Frieze, York Card & Paper Co., 1891, Machine-printed paper, Printed two across. Stylized floral motif, large flower topped with three buds, alternates with single flower. Band of vining foliage below., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, FriezePiece 16th century Spanish. Piece 219003Jabot of needle side with spring -shaped petals, anonymous, c. 1690 Jabot of natural needle side: Venetian relief side. Square model. The pattern consists of interlocking curls of tifles, which spring multifolding palm flowers, leaf voltues and asymmetrical acanthus leaves. The motives are made with feston stitches where recesses ensure nuances. The motifs are provided with relief contours and in particular around the flower hearts, thick, mostly C-shaped cordons have been used for extra relief. The cordons are decorated with picots. The motifs are connected by an irregular open bar with (rader) picots. The Jabot is finished on all sides with a straight edge with alternating single and double picots. Venice linen (material) Venetian raised work Jabot of natural needle side: Venetian relief side. Square model. The pattern consists of interlocking curls of tifles, which spring multifolding palm flowers, leaf voltues and asymmetrical acanthus leaves. The motives are made with feston stitcLength of Brocaded Satin, c. 1780. Philippe de Lasalle (French, 1723-1805). Satin, brocaded; silk with areas of chenille; overall: 182.9 x 54.6 cm (72 x 21 1/2 in.).Genevieve Sherlock, Hitchcock Chair, c 1940 Hitchcock ChairFragment multicolored brochure side. Fragment silk tissue with a white ground on which a pattern of white wavy ribbons to which leaves and brushes. The ribbons are tied to multicolored flower branches with tires.Piece ca. 1760-65 George Downs. Piece. British, London, Spitalfields. ca. 1760-65. Silk. Textiles-WovenCarpet Fragments Carpet Fragments, mid 19th century. Wool, a: 154 x 208 in. (391.2 x 528.3 cm). Decorative Arts mid 19th centuryIndian silk textile with traditional woven pattern. 21st CenturySample (USA); Manufactured by Orinoka Mills (United States); Warp x Weft: 25.5 x 31 cm (10 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)Handkerchief 1860 Irish. Handkerchief. Irish. 1860. Linen. Textiles-EmbroideredFragment multicolored brochure side. Fragment multicolor silk tissue. White lace garlands walk on a white ground with a multicolored flower branch in every bend.Indian ornamentStole (England); linenCoverlet. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 54.3 x 46.7 cm (21 3/8 x 18 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 90" wide; 97 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mae A. Clarke.Bedcover (Bride's Album Quilt) Made 1845-1865 United States. AppliquÈd and quilted blocks . Fanny (Hicks) LovejoyTextile Design with Rosettes Forming Hexagonal Shapes Around Swirls 1840 Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design background consists of swirls rendered with stipples of light tan color over a dark reddish-brown base. Over the background, rosettes with five petals of light tan color, and with with five pearls forming the pistils, align forming hexagonal shapes around the swirls. The outline of the petals is of dark red color. The pearls are of white color and outlined in black. Five of the swirls contain a pearl, colored in white and outlined in black; repeat is left unfinished.. Textile Design with Rosettes Forming Hexagonal Shapes Around Swirls. Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century. 1840. GouacheTextile; Manufactured by Schwartz-Huguenin; cottonChintz Fragment (India); cotton; Warp x Weft: 20.5 x 36 cm (8 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)Leaf with windscreen pattern with rosette on striped fond, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with diagonal windscreen pattern with rosette on a continuous vertical striped stock. Used as a cover. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant formsTextile (France); cotton, silk, metallic threadSidewall, Wallace Wall-Paper Co., Cortland, New York, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Repeating motif of floral bouquet in urn. Motifs are connected by strung beads. Printed in burgundy and mica on mauve ground., Cortland, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, SidewallLeaf with porridge -like birds on stylized branches with fruits, anonymous, 1700 - 1850 Leaf with two papperish birds that are always bumped to each other that sit on stylized branches with fruits. Left and right identical halves. paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms. ornament derived from animal forms. birdsQuilt Fragment (England); cotton; Warp x Weft: 43 x 24 cm (16 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Repeat H: 35.6 cm (14 in.)Piece ca. 1860 French. Piece 226234Cotton baptism of machining with geometric pattern and acanthus leaves. Cotton blade of natural-colored machining. Square model, with a geometric pattern of squares and windows in the middle. Around midfield is a wide border with braces of stretched acanthus leaves. The rug is finished with a regularly wavy slip edge, with always one half rosette flowers with two leaves in a shell.Altar frontal early 18th century Italian. Altar frontal 227616Frieze (USA); Manufactured by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co.; machine-printed paper; 91 x 49.5 cm (35 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)HandkerchiefElizabethan ornamentChintz (probably India); cotton; Warp x Weft: 71.5 x 46 cm (28 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.) Repeat H x W: 44.5 x 45.7 cm (17 1/2 x 18 in.)Textile Length. France, Lyon, second quarter of the 18th century. Textiles; textile lengths. Silk plain weave (faille) with self warp float patterning, silk supplementary weft patterning bound in twill (lampas), and silk and metallic thread discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)Top of the maniple, embroidered, white ornamentation in regency style unknownPiece 17th century Italian. Piece 217295Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Mustard yellow ground, printed in detached circular design of flower wreath framing leaf, in bright red. Design arranged in staggered rows, each element about 3 3/4' across. Printing appears to be by block, superimposed on the yellow ground. Picotage around leaf. Both selvages present. Pieces of yellow 2/2 twill fabric used on the pieced side as part of the border., Europe, early 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, TextileTextile Swatches Onondaga Silk Company, Inc. (1925-1981). , 1948-1959. Silk, a: 42 1/2 x 24 in. (108 x 61 cm). 1948-1959Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co.; machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 92 x 49 cm (36 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)Ornamental composition with two children; Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1535 (1st edition) (1535-00-00-1561-00-00);Fragment; silk, metallic yarns; Warp x Weft: 32.7 x 53 cm (12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)Chalice cover, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace Label: linen needle lace, Chalice cover with a solid linen center and very deep border on all four sides with elaborate floral and foliated branches and symbols of the Crucifixion, including the cross, ladder, spear, and pillory., Italy, early 18th century, lace, Chalice coverTextile (France); cottonKerchief late 18th century German. Kerchief 221351Closed pocket of the 18th. Louis XVI. GAL1961.50.10_2Book binding Book binding, mid-19th century. Lacquer, paper mache, 4 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (12.1 x 20.6 cm). Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th centuryIndia, Crafts, Rajasthani Block PrintDamask possibly British 19th century View more. Damask. possibly British. 19th century. Silk. Textiles-WovenFragment Creme brOOCHED SIDE with colored flower branches, Anonymous, 1750 A fragment cream silk tissue with cream cherry and colored flower branches. Netherlands silk A fragment cream silk tissue with cream cherry and colored flower branches. Netherlands silkFragment textile. Textile fragment, embroidery on damask.Textile (France); cottonFragment 16th century Italian. Fragment 214789Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 220398Panel of Floral and Foliate Ornament second half 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Panel of Floral and Foliate Ornament 386737Piece ca. 1730 () Italian. Piece. Italian. ca. 1730 (). Silk and metal thread. Textiles-WovenRate of linen in Filetwerk and with flanks, with proportion of the arms of the arms of Sickinge and Jongema, Oedt van Sickinge (Attribute to), 1623 Dress of linen in fillet work with a border of bobbin, with the representation of the Weapons Sickinge and Jongema. Initials OVS perhaps from Groningen Oedt van Sickinge, who in that case would have made the rug for her parents. Dated 1623. Groningen linen (material). bobbin lace Dress of linen in fillet work with a border of bobbin, with the representation of the Weapons Sickinge and Jongema. Initials OVS perhaps from Groningen Oedt van Sickinge, who in that case would have made the rug for her parents. Dated 1623. Groningen linen (material). bobbin laceTextile (France); silk; Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg; 1938-82-163-cScarf sample, Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave, Quarter of a printed scarf in magenta, tan, and black. Field is undyed and border shows lily of the valley on striped ground., France, mid-19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Scarf sampleTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, reds and purple applied by pen and brush over resist; madder dyed; blue applied over resist by immersion; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave, Stripes and flowers on white background. Exotic blossoms with different fillings swirling over 2 different stripes., India, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, TextileTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed, A) Molette-printed ground of tan zig-zags; unprinted white areas form stripe and moire patterns. Over-printed with grey and white lilac sprays and pink and green rose clusters. B) Ground molette-printed in grey with pattern of stripes consisting of checks formed by tiny dots. Over-printed with lilac sprays in brown and white. C) Same with lilacs in blue and white., mid-19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, TextileFragment of upholstery fabric flower vase motif and panthers unknownJohn R Towers, Quilted Applique Coverlet, c 1936 Quilted Applique CoverletHandkerchief (Belgium); linenCap crown, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style, Design of large and small flowers with gracefully curled leaves., Belgium, 1700-1750, lace, Cap crownCoverlet (Wool). Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 28.1 cm (14 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ruth M. Barnes.Fragment of silk fabric unknowngoblin stitchCushion Cover (Kaoshi) with Flowers and BatsTop of chaiice veil unknownTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: roller (resist or discharge) printed on plain weave, Radiating floral medallion in white on a field of pink scales on red., France, ca. 1835, printed, dyed & painted textiles, TextileCostume sample, late 18th century, 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.59 x 15.56 cm), Mauve silk, embroidered in color, France, 18th centuryColor Variations Of Classic Decor ElementsChef De Piece, Nina, ou la folle par amour; Company: Gorgerat Frères et Cie.; France; cotton; Warp: 82.5 cm (32 1/2 in.). Weft: 155 cm (61 1/4 in.) Piece is made up of three fragments sewn together.Textile, Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin, Decorated floral circles on diaper background in blue, red, green on beige ground., China, 19th century, woven textiles, TextileTextiles, 15th century. Voided velvet.Historical Printed Cotton. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 20.3 x 40 cm (8 x 15 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 10 1/2" long' 25 3/8" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: D Davin.Leaf with alternating pattern of flowers and four points, c. 1750 - 1800 Leaf with alternating spreading pattern of flowers and four points. Numbered below: No. 135 Y. Orléans paper. block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant formsTextile; Produced by Oberkampf & Cie. (France); linen, cottonLoquats and Leaves 19th century Japan. Loquats and Leaves 70056Textile, Arthur Wilcock, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on supplementary weft pile (velveteen), Cream color cotton velvet, printed by roller in design of horizontal rows of crocus and daffodils, in shades of dull rose., England, ca. 1890, printed, dyed & painted textiles, TextileRibbon (possibly USA); silk; Warp x Weft: 95 x 10.5 cm (37 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.) Repeat H: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)Ceiling Paper (USA); Manufactured by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co.; machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 88 x 49.5 cm (34 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.)Textile (France); crewel wool, cotton, linenPalla Van Kloskant with the Holy Heart, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1999 Palla of natural-colored bobbin: Mechelen side with snowflake ground (also known as binche ground). Square model with the Holy Hart motif in the center. Belgium linen (material) bobbin lace / Mechlin (lace) / snowflake filling Palla of natural-colored bobbin: Mechelen side with snowflake ground (also known as binche ground). Square model with the Holy Hart motif in the center. Belgium linen (material) bobbin lace / Mechlin (lace) / snowflake fillingBrazil, Fortaleza. Emcetur Tourist Center, handicraft market housed within a former prison. Handmade textiles, lace and needlework, a specialty of the.Picture, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, Basket of fruit with flowers., France, 18th century, lace, PictureBorder. France. Date: 1804-1814. Dimensions: 140.9 × 13 cm (55 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.)Warp repeat: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Tile, Tin-enamelled earthenware, Vertical rectangles. Each tile with identical pattern of two flowers and leaves on continuous scrolling stem. One flower faces the observer and the other is in profile. Manganese violet on white ground., Holland, 18th century, tiles, Decorative Arts, TileTextile; cottonVeil 1840-59 American. Veil 100170Fragment (Dress Fabric) Made 1801-1900 Iran. .Whimsical Flowers Vector Art: Delicate Outlines on White Background"Piece 1750-60 French. Piece 223740Textile, 20th century, 21 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (55.25 x 27.31 cm), Silk; needlework, France, 20th centuryBorder, American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879-1887, Block-printed, Wallpaper roll., Printed two across, large red and yellow roses with foliage, with small blue daisy-like flowers interspersed., USA, 1880-87, Wallcoverings, BorderTextile Length. France or Italy, circa 1850. Textiles; textile lengths. Silk twill with silk supplementary-weft patterning bound in twill (lampas) with silk and silk supplementary-weft patterning and silk and metallic thread discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning (brocade).Untitled Valentine (Flowers) 1845-1855 England. Collaged elements on cut, gold and blue accented, and embossed off-white wove paper .Tile; tin-enamelled earthenwareTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block and roller printed on plain weave, Liberty with shield and spear topped by Liberty cap, appears beside a huge eagle crouching with spread wings. Background of clouds or waves. Heavy foliage at sides and large flowers in strong shades of rose. Leaves and clouds are gray., ca. 1875, printed, dyed & painted textiles, TextileCotton Rose on cotton backgroundThrone-back Cover, early 18th century, L.26-7/8 x W.37-1/2 in., silk, satin, gold, China, 18th century